KajyibwamiNotes

                            In workshops and meetings of lawyers, we often hear senior practitioners sharing insights on how being a lawyer extends beyond what is taught in class. It is more than just mastering legal doctrines, it is a way of thinking, a way of conducting oneself, and a lifelong commitment to learning. From speech and presentation to attire and ethical conduct, the legal profession demands more than just academic knowledge; it requires adaptability, critical thinking, and professional decorum. Lawyers serve as indispensable members of society, offering legal counsel, representing clients in court, drafting essential legal documents, and ensuring compliance with laws. They uphold the rule of law, contribute to legal reform, and champion social justice. By safeguarding human rights and facilitating access to justice, lawyers play a crucial role in maintaining a fair and just society. Recognizing and val...

  Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare professional neglects to provide appropriate treatment, take appropriate action, or gives substandard treatment that causes harm, injury, or death to a person. [1] The Rwanda Medical and Dental Council, defines medical malpractice as a professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient with most cases involving medical error. [2] Medical malpractice allegations in Rwanda primarily originate from the Ministry of Health (MoH). [3] However, a significant challenge arises because not all cases occurring across the country are registered by the Rwanda Medical and Dental Council (RMDC). This discrepancy results in many cases going unreported or unaddressed. A large proportion of allegations—approximately one-third—relate to Obstetrics and Gynecology. These cases often s...

         I’m back again. In this article, we are going to look again on the situation in the Great lakes region and how it is affecting us. Us, I mean we Rwandans I can say that, the war in the DRC has been affecting us directly and indirectly as Rwandans for many years. Now with the new chapter that unfolded in the beginning of this year, it feels like a déjà vu . The crisis in the Great Lakes region is once again unfolding in a familiar and frustrating pattern. For us Rwandans, the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has had direct and indirect consequences for many years. The latest developments in early 2025 feel like a repetition of past events, a cycle that seems never-ending. Rwanda and the DRC share a complex and unstable relationship, often alternating between moments of cooperation and hostility. Every time armed conflicts arise due to the discrimination against Kinyarwanda-speaking Congolese, the DRC government quick...

  My knowledge of war is primarily based on documentaries, movies, books and now news. The first book I read that walked me through the image of war in the book by Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone. The author tells his story as a forced child soldier in Sierra Leone. Politicians initiate the war; the businessmen finance it and the young ones go to the battleground. In the news we mainly see politicians explaining why the war is happening and analysts in different fields get busy in explaining what really happening.   We don’t need economists to explain to us that the economy is going bad while the prices are raising on a daily basis. People are fighting faraway from your country but the consequences are reaching you. I guess the world being a village isn’t entirely good. Its now close to ten years since I read Africa's World War by Gérard Prunier. Anyone who doesn’t know the cause of what’s happening in the great lakes region, that’s the right book to start with in my h...

  It all began in a meeting room far far away from Africa, a long time ago. The meting that changed the history of Africa came to be known as the Berlin conference. Organized by Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany, at the request of Leopold II of Belgium. One of the main reasons to initiate the meeting, was to find natural resources and market of their finished goods. Similar to what is happening now, the same main powers then are keeping planting the seed of hate to keep looting Africa.  To achieve their plan they decided to use divide and rule and make locals hate each other so as to achieve their goals. The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 represented the peak of European rivalry for African territory, a phenomenon known as the Scramble for Africa. During the 1870s and early 1880s, European powers like Great Britain, France, and Germany turned to Africa as a source of natural resources to fuel their expanding industries and as a potential market for their...